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W. E. STEELE. VAPOR BURNER. No. 402,996. Patented May 7, 1889.

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VILBUR F. STEELE, OF STEELE, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

VAPOR-BURN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,996, dated May '7, 1889..

Application filed April 8, 1889.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBUR F. STEELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Steele, in the county of Kidder and Territory of Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates, generally, to vaporburners for heating cars, rooms, and similar structures, and particularly to burners for vapor-stoves and other heaters of that class in which gasoline or other liquid hydrocarbon is used as the heating medium, sai/d hydrocarbon being iirst heated, then vaporized, and the vapor then superheated before being consumed. It is a great desideratum in burners of this character to first secure uniform and thorough superheating of the vapor, so that the intensity of the heat produced will be greatly increased and the efficiency oi the burner promoted. Attempts have heretofore been made to produce apparatus or devices for accomplishing this result; but they have proven to be more or less defective and otherwise objectionable, owing to inherent defects in their construction and to their costly and complicated character.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a burner of the class named which is simple in construction, cheap of production, and efficient in operation, and one in which the vaporis superheated, so far as I am aware, much more thoroughly and uniformly than by the burners hitherto and now employed, and, second, to provide a burner of this class in which the vapor is thoroughly and uniformly generated and superheated by agitation and deflection as it passes through its various parts, and at the same time is prevented from the formation of carbon.

My invention consists, iirst, in the combination, with the vaporiZing-chamber of a vapor-burner, of a superheating-chamber, which is formed between the top of said vaporizingchamber and an annular plate or disk located within said chambera short distance from its top, whereby the vapor from said vaporizingchamber is caused to pass in a thin stratum between said disk or plate and the top of said chamber before being consumed, and thus become highly and uniformly superheated, and, second, in certain other novel andaccessorial features of construction and arrangement or combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in 'which the same reference-numerals refer to the same parts, the ligure represents a central vertical section of a burner constructed in accordance with my invention.

In said drawing, he reference-numeral l designates the supply-pipe, which leads from a receptaclecontaining gasoline or other liquid hydrocarbon, and is to be provided with suitable cocks orvalves (not shown) for regulating the supply of hydrocarbon to the re-v ceiving-chamber 2. .The bottom of this chamber is concaved, as shown, to form a receptacle lfor any impurities contained in the oil, and may be connected with said supply-plpe by a screw-joint or other suitable means. Rising centrally from this chamber is the feed-pipe 3, which leads to the vaporizingchamber 4. This feed-pipe and vaporizingchamber may be made integral with each other or separate and connected by screwthreads or other suitable means. This vaporizing-chamber has the form of an in verted truncated cone. In other words, it is provided with an outwardly-flared wall or bottom, 5, and with an annular flanged ilat top or cover, 6, as shown.

7 designates the burner-nipple, and 8 the needle-hole through which the vapor escapes after being thoroughly superheated. This burner-nipple is placed centrally of and in communication with the superheating-chamber, hereinafter described. Suitably supported within the vaporiZing-chamber near its top is an annular plate or disk, 9, which has a diameter slightly less than the interior diameter of said chamber, whereby a small space is left between its periphery and the upper portion of said chamber. This annular plate or disk is placed immediately below or close to the top or cover 6 of the Vaporizing-chamber 4, so as to leave a small space between its top surface and the under surface of said top or cover, and thus constitute the superheating-chamber 10.

A deflector, ll, for deecting the heat down upon the superheating-chamber, consists of a IOO plate, 12, having the form of an inverted cone, and provided with legs 13, which rest upon the top or cover G of the vaporizingehamber. This plate or deilector is also provided with a lug, 14, which is formed with an opening, 15, in which may be inserted a suitable instrument for removing said detlector for the purpose of cleaning the same orto permit access to the parts beneath. lAn oil cup or receptacle, 1G, for heating the receiving and vaporizing chambers previous to lighting the burner, is arranged intermediate of said cham* bers. The top of the recciving-chamber forms a bottom, 16, for this oil cup or receptacle, while its wall or periphery is formed by an upward extension or iiange, 17, of the casing ot' said receiving-chamber; or it may be formed of a separate flange secured to and proj cctin g upwardly from said bottom and casing.

The operation ol? my improved vapor-burner will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing in connection with the following description. A suitable quantity of liquid hydrocarbon is iirst introduced into the receiving-chamber through the supply-pipe 1; then the oil previously placed in the receptacle or oil cup 1G is lighted, which heats both the vaporizing and receiving chambers, and causes the liquid contained in the latter to be highly heated, and give ott more or less vapor, which, together with t-he oil, then passes from said receiving-chamber through the feed-pipe 3 into the vaporizingrchamber, -where it is met by the annular retarding and deilecting disk 9, and caused to escape between the periphery thereof and the upper portion ot' t-he vaporizing-chamber into the narrow space which constitutes the superheating-chamber thence it passes in a thin stratum through the burner-nipple 7, and out at the needlehole 8, where it is ignited. The ilame from the nipple, owing to the inverted conical shape of the dellector or plate 12, is detlected downwardly and outwardly, and the heat thereof causes the superhcating-chamber to become highly heated, thus causing a thorough and uniform superheating of the vapor as it passes into and out of the superheatingchamber 10, and at the same time preventing the formation of carbon. A

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In avaporburner, the combination, with a vaporizing-chamber, of a retarding and detlecting disk located therein, and a superheating-chamber formed between and by said disk and the top of said vaporiziiig-chamber, substantially as and for the purpose described.

` 2. In a vapor-burner, the combination, with a vaporizing-chamber provided with a top or cover having a burner-nipple, of a retardin g and deiiecting disk located within said chain ber and at a short distance below said top or cover,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In a vapoiburiicr, the combination, with supply-pipe 1, the receiving-chamber 2, having a concaved bottom, the feed-pipe 3, the vaporizing-cliamber 4, the disk 9, the burnernipple 7, and the de tlector-plat-e 12, substantially as and for the purpose described.

C. In avapor-burner, the combination, with the receiving-ehamber 2, the iteed-pipe 3, and the vaporizingachamber il, having an outwardly-flaring wall or bottom, 5, a iiat top, (i, and a central burner-nipple, 7, and the retarding and detlecting disk 9, substantially as and for the purpose described. y

7. In a vapor-burner, the combination of the receiving-chamber 2, the oilfcup .16, the feedpipe 3, the vaporizing-chamber Il, the retarding and deiiectingdisk D located therein, the burner-nipple 7, and the deilector-plate `12, substantially as and for the purpose dcscribed.

8. In avapor-bnrner, the combination, with the vaporizing-chamber l, the retarding and detlecting disk t) located therein, and the burner-nipplc 7 in the top of said chamber, of the dei'lector 11, consisting of the annular plate 12 and the legs 13, substantially as described.

9. In a vapor-burner, thccombin ation of the receiving-chamber 2, having a concaved bottom, the supply-pipe 1., fitted in the side of said chamber, the feed-pipe 3, the oil-cup 1G, the vaporiZing-chamber 4, having an outwardly-tlaring wall or bottom, 5, a iiat top, G, and a central burner-nipple, 7, the retarding and deiiecting disk 9, and the def'lector 1 1, substantially as described.

10. In a vapor-burner, the combination of the receivingchamber 2, having a concaved bottom, the supply-pipe l, fitted in the side of said chamber, the feed-pipe 3, the oil-cup 1G, the vaporizing-Chamber4, having an outwa1dlyi'la1'ing wall or bottom, 5, a li'lat top, 6, and a central burner-nipple, 7, the retarding and defiecting disk 9, and the detlector 11, consisting of the plate 12, having the shape of an inverted cone, and the legs 13, substantially as described.

` In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILBUR F. STEELE. lilitnesses:

Ron'r. MASON, TOM R. STUART.

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